Goodman Property

The Goodman Property is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Goodman Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.19194, -115.70778

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Goodman Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Goodman Property
Secondary: Melbourn Groupgold Camp


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Willow Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Cassidy And Cater


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Quinn Canyon Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Crushing; N-Trending Fault Pipping 45e Cuts The Vein


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS.A DRIFT 150 FT LONG WITH 50-FT WINZE 30 FT FROM TUNNEL MOUTH. ONE ADIT IS CALLED THE GOODMAN TUNNEL.

Comment (Location): 4 CLAIMS ABOUT A MILE ABOVE THE SPRING ON THE NW SIDE OF WILLOW CREEK.

Comment (Production): APPROXIMATELY $25,000 WAS PRODUCED.

Comment (Geology): GOLD IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TALC.


References

Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON THE WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICT: NBMG FILE 262, ITEM 1.

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 213

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 215

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M.,1916, USGS BULL 648, P.151.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.